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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime (Life of the Past) (in English)
Patricia Vickers-Rich
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Peter F. Murray
(Author)
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Indiana University Press
· Hardcover
Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime (Life of the Past) (in English) - Murray, Peter F. ; Vickers-Rich, Patricia
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Synopsis "Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime (Life of the Past) (in English)"
Over millions of years, Australia's unique biodiversity has produced a large cabinet of curiosities. Among the weirder members of this group were the Mihirungs, members of the now extinct family Dromornithidae. Made up of several genera of flightless birds--among them one of the very largest birds that ever lived--the dromornithids ranged from 60-kilogram beasts, 1.5 meters tall, to giants twice that size, weighing nearly half a metric ton. They were, by orders of magnitude, the largest "geese" that ever lived. One species was comparable in size to the Ele-phantbird of Madagascar and the Giant Moa of New Zealand. This book is the first major study of this unique and highly diverse group. It aims to present as complete a synthesis as possible of current information about this fascinating family of birds.
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